Improvement in carriage-shafts



5 J. HANSEN.

Thill-Gouplihg.

No. 42288. Patented Apr; 12. 1864.

Witnesses: Inventor:

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NITED STATES IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE'SHAFTS- Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 42.285, dated April 1.2, 1864.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HANSEN, of Saugerties, Ulster county, State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AttachingThills and Poles to Wagons, Carriages, and Sleighs; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full description of the same.

The nature of my invention consists in fastening and connecting thillsand poles to wagons, carriages, and sleighs with the interposition ofthe jack and screwbolts and nuts commonly in use for such purposes bymeans of a pin or spindle secured to the ends of the shafts or pole andat right angles thereto, which is inserted into a box or socket, formedin the ends of the cross-bar of the shafts, when reversed or thrownback, and when righted again prevented from being withdrawn from thesocket by a stud on the lower side of the spindle working into a groovein the socket or against the inner sides of a staple secured in thecross bar for that purpose; but to describe my invention moreparticularly I will refer to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, the same letters of reference wherever they occurreferring to like parts.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the thills, showin g their mode of attachmentto the axle-tree of a wagon, and also one of the thills reversed orthrown back to exhibit the mode of attaching it to the cross-bar. Fig. 2is a detached view of the spindle, showing the stud on its lower sidefor lockin g it into the socket. Fig. 3 is an end view of the thill,showing its connection with the cross bar. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal cutsection of the end of the thill and cross bar through the line or,Fig.1. Fig. 5 is an end view of the cross-bar through the line a as,Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a transverse out section of the spindle and crossbarthrough the line m .00 Fig. 4.

Letters A are the thills, having secured on their inner ends, bysuitable clips,B,and bolts 0, metallic spindles D, of some six to nineinches (more or less) in length by onehalf to one inch in diameter, asmay be deemed necessary. On the lower side of the spindle is into thebar just in front of the stud E, so that when the shafts have beenrighted they cannot be disengaged from the cross-bar unless reversedagain, when the stud can be withdrawn through a groove, J, formed in theup per part of the recess for that purpose.

It. will be obvious that where a metal box or socket is used as areceptacle for the spindle they will have longitudinal and annulargrooves formed in them for the insertion and operation of the stud. Itwill be obvious also that packings K, of leather or other suitablematerials, are contemplated as essential to the working of the spindle,and therefore I do not limit myself to the use of any particular kind ofpacking I may desire to use. Letters L are braces for connecting thethills to the axle-tree M.

The operation of my invention is, first, the cross bar is secured to theaxle-tree or other suitable part of the vehicle by proper braces ofmetal for that purpose. The wagon is then cramped, (though this may notalways be necessary,) and one of the thills is then re versed, as shownin Fig. 1, with the stud upward. In this position the spindleis insertedinto the socket until home, when the thill may be righted, and thecoupling of the same with the cross bar is completed.

. Having now described my invention, I will proceed to set forth what Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patentol' the United States Thecombination of the spindle D, having a stud, E, thereon, with the socketF and crossbar G, as hereinbefore described, and for the purposes setforth.

JAMES HANSEN.

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